So you're a lazy, good-for-nothing couch potato, tired of people always telling you to get up and do something productive. Well, now you can be useful:
SAN DIEGO - A community activist thinks a few couch potatoes, strategically placed on sidewalk benches in an upscale shopping district, will keep transients on their feet and on the move.
It's not that you envy and despise the rich, you say. You just wish they didn't have so much while the rest of have to do with less and less.
But you're buying into the myth of household-income stagnation. The truth is that all Americans are much better off than we used to be, including the poorest Americans:
Former fatty Jared Fogel, the guy who lost 245 pounds by eating Subway sandwiches, is going to be at Lincoln Elementary School, 1001 E. Cook Road, tomorrow at 10 a.m. According to a Fort Wayne Community Schools media advisory, Fogel will "visit with students and talk about the importance of healthy living, including exercising and eating right."
Looks like someone has anger-management issues:
March 10, 2008 -- The parents of two Bronx preschoolers are suing the city, charging that their kids were tossed out of class - and handcuffed by a school-safety officer - for refusing to take a nap.
Beware the Nap Nazis. Are you smarter than a 4-year-old?
Bill Gates has fallen on hard times:
U.S. financier Warren Buffet, 77, has overtaken his friend and partner in philanthropy, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, as the richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine's annual list of billionaires.
Forbes reports the chief of the Berkshire Hathaway holding company experienced a $10 billion jump in net worth last year to $62 billion, enough to end Gates' 13-year streak at the top.
OK, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer got caught on a wire tap being "involved in a prostitution ring." Hardly shocking these days. And he oozes the usual biolerplate contrition, saying he acted "in a way that violates" his obligations to his family: "I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family." Fine. Dandy.
But this part of the story stopped me:
As a strong believer in individual rights and responsibilities, I've watched with dismay as collectivism of one sort or another has made inroad after inroad. Now, even sin is no longer a personal matter:
He said that priests must take account of “new sins which have appeared on the horizon of humanity as a corollary of the unstoppable process of globalisation”. Whereas sin in the past was thought of as being an invididual matter, it now had “social resonance”.
Yes, I must say that I've noticed the same thing -- $1 million just doesn't stretch as far as it used to:
Britons need a lot more than a million pounds to enjoy the lifestyle of the rich and famous, a report said on Monday.
If the global-warming movement weren't so dangerous, its periodic descent into self-parody would be somewhat amusing:
Feeling green after drinking alcohol has taken on a new meaning in Australia with a brewer launching a beer that it says helps fight global warming.
USA Today and Glenn Reynolds (of Instapundit fame) square off over whether journalists should have privileges such as shield laws.
